AGP Executive Report
Last update: 44 minutes agoIllegal Gold Mining: Guinea arrested 1,263 suspected gold miners after banning unregulated operations in Siguiri. Mali says about 160,000 people expelled from Guinea have crossed its border, prompting a warning of a humanitarian emergency. Seabed Mining: A U.S. Senate permitting bill could make approvals for seabed mining harder for future administrations to reverse, Earthjustice warns. A lease sale near the Northern Mariana Islands is scheduled for Dec. 16. Investment: Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region is targeting $15.5 billion in investment across 186 projects by 2032, focused on processing, metallurgy and energy. In Kyrgyzstan’s Panfilov district, mining investment reached 1.392 billion soms. Pollution Lawsuit: Residents near a Chinese-controlled copper-cobalt mine in the DRC are suing over alleged pollution. Testing found fine-particle air pollution at a nearby school nearly three times the WHO daily limit. Copper Expansion: Freeport approved $4.5 billion to expand and modernize Arizona’s Bagdad mine, while Rio Tinto committed $144 million to the next phase of its Resolution Copper project.
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